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  • "CQs: Content moderation system finds Inappropriate contents - profanity, violence, privacy concerning. Misinformation - false info, false claim, fomenting wrong views PII Misinformation → Wrong info Twisted info Incomplete info Goal - reliability and trust on the platform Long term increased engagement on informational content RAG system - what and why? RAG system has 3 components Brain - reasoning models Tool"

    Sumit P. - "CQs: Content moderation system finds Inappropriate contents - profanity, violence, privacy concerning. Misinformation - false info, false claim, fomenting wrong views PII Misinformation → Wrong info Twisted info Incomplete info Goal - reliability and trust on the platform Long term increased engagement on informational content RAG system - what and why? RAG system has 3 components Brain - reasoning models Tool"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Artificial Intelligence
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  • "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇 👁️ Vision Empower artists to earn a living through their art while connecting millions of fans to exceptional music experiences. A live streaming feature can humanize the digital experience, making the platform not only a place to stream recorded music but also a stage for real-time, authentic artist-fan interactions. Enhance Spotify’s artist-first narrative by providing a unique way for artists to monetize their performances. Leverage Spot"

    Julien C. - "👇 Your feedback is very much appreciated 👇 👁️ Vision Empower artists to earn a living through their art while connecting millions of fans to exceptional music experiences. A live streaming feature can humanize the digital experience, making the platform not only a place to stream recorded music but also a stage for real-time, authentic artist-fan interactions. Enhance Spotify’s artist-first narrative by providing a unique way for artists to monetize their performances. Leverage Spot"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +7

    "This question can be answered in two different ways: a. Strategic b. Product Sense Since , the question is which product you would work upon , it is likely a product strategy question , where interviewer is trying to find about how would you go about selecting the product to solve for. Another approach would be to clarify on the two approaches from the Interviewer. Can ask your hierarchy in PM role [ APM/PM/ Sr. PM / GPM ] and then approach this. Candidate : Do you have any specific goal"

    Vivek S. - "This question can be answered in two different ways: a. Strategic b. Product Sense Since , the question is which product you would work upon , it is likely a product strategy question , where interviewer is trying to find about how would you go about selecting the product to solve for. Another approach would be to clarify on the two approaches from the Interviewer. Can ask your hierarchy in PM role [ APM/PM/ Sr. PM / GPM ] and then approach this. Candidate : Do you have any specific goal"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • +18

    "First, I want to get a better sense of what is a DAU. What is considered “Active”? User sending message, reading message, opening app? All of the them, any activity within the Messenger App Second, it’s important to know the context of the change. What timeframe was this over? Let’s assume this was over the past 30 days. Ok, a follow up to this would be to check if this is a seasonal pattern? For example, there could be a correlation to Messenger usage and school starting. **This"

    Michael A. - "First, I want to get a better sense of what is a DAU. What is considered “Active”? User sending message, reading message, opening app? All of the them, any activity within the Messenger App Second, it’s important to know the context of the change. What timeframe was this over? Let’s assume this was over the past 30 days. Ok, a follow up to this would be to check if this is a seasonal pattern? For example, there could be a correlation to Messenger usage and school starting. **This"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +12

    "Clarifying question: why would Google consider sunsetting Gmail? Is there an opportunity to make a case against sunsetting or has the executive decision already been made and we're truly looking for a flawless sunset? If decision has already been made - why? Is this a global decision or country-specific? If the answer from interviewer is that the decision is open to debate, pivot case toward identifying the problem that causes leadership to even consider sunset. Then analyze and propose ways to"

    Anonymous Sparrow - "Clarifying question: why would Google consider sunsetting Gmail? Is there an opportunity to make a case against sunsetting or has the executive decision already been made and we're truly looking for a flawless sunset? If decision has already been made - why? Is this a global decision or country-specific? If the answer from interviewer is that the decision is open to debate, pivot case toward identifying the problem that causes leadership to even consider sunset. Then analyze and propose ways to"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Anthropic logoAsked at Anthropic 

    "We will have to use a second more powerful LLM Model to validate the answers. LLM as a judge"

    Anonymous Partridge - "We will have to use a second more powerful LLM Model to validate the answers. LLM as a judge"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Artificial Intelligence
    +4 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Video answer for 'Design TikTok.'
    +18

    "I watched a couple of videos like this, one of them by Exponent staff (I think). It was disappointing that the architecture diagram and the walkthrough was a general layered architecture that you can apply to any backend system. I was wondering if there are videos that can be considered a reference material to watch, learn and improve on the tech (sys design) skills, and not so much about the soft skills."

    BriskD - "I watched a couple of videos like this, one of them by Exponent staff (I think). It was disappointing that the architecture diagram and the walkthrough was a general layered architecture that you can apply to any backend system. I was wondering if there are videos that can be considered a reference material to watch, learn and improve on the tech (sys design) skills, and not so much about the soft skills."See full answer

    Product Manager
    System Design
    +1 more
  • +21

    "I will first start with listing down the GOALS of Google Sheets as a product GOALS: Enable better collaboration amongst employees in an organisation Make edits parallel Share with co-workers so that the team can work seamlessly Increase user engagement, activity and make more users aware about the functionality and usefulness of Google Sheets Next, i will try and list the broader ACTIONS a user might take ACTIONS: Create a new Google Sheet Share with co-workers M"

    Prateek G. - "I will first start with listing down the GOALS of Google Sheets as a product GOALS: Enable better collaboration amongst employees in an organisation Make edits parallel Share with co-workers so that the team can work seamlessly Increase user engagement, activity and make more users aware about the functionality and usefulness of Google Sheets Next, i will try and list the broader ACTIONS a user might take ACTIONS: Create a new Google Sheet Share with co-workers M"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • +1

    "First Clarify whether this is for FB general account or business account Why is removing the profile pic being considered in the first place? Declining conversion rates? TTV(signup to post creation) is perceived as too high wrt competing apps? Meta is considering a single signup for all its apps(FB, Insta, WA) & is looking to optimize the same? Do we have any supporting data for this? user feedback? Next Look at current FB signup flow(assuming these are the steps since its be"

    Debajyoti B. - "First Clarify whether this is for FB general account or business account Why is removing the profile pic being considered in the first place? Declining conversion rates? TTV(signup to post creation) is perceived as too high wrt competing apps? Meta is considering a single signup for all its apps(FB, Insta, WA) & is looking to optimize the same? Do we have any supporting data for this? user feedback? Next Look at current FB signup flow(assuming these are the steps since its be"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • American Express logoAsked at American Express 

    "Thanks you for sharing insight about the app which I would liek to summarize in 2 structures: functional 2 technical requirement. Requirements: Functional requirement: Able to share messages, siles , and other content like photos, sounds Create groups for conversaion Size: 500 million users, 50m DAU -> 500M active chats daily Files not stored in the system but is can be shared.. Integaration with other APPs Technical requirement: Availability: Can you help me to understand the a"

    Istvan K. - "Thanks you for sharing insight about the app which I would liek to summarize in 2 structures: functional 2 technical requirement. Requirements: Functional requirement: Able to share messages, siles , and other content like photos, sounds Create groups for conversaion Size: 500 million users, 50m DAU -> 500M active chats daily Files not stored in the system but is can be shared.. Integaration with other APPs Technical requirement: Availability: Can you help me to understand the a"See full answer

    Product Manager
    System Design
    +2 more
  • +10

    "Disagreement --> persistent ---> more data insights ---> positive relationship ---> mentor/trust"

    Sam - "Disagreement --> persistent ---> more data insights ---> positive relationship ---> mentor/trust"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Product Manager
    Analytical
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Video answer for 'What metrics would you focus on as the PM for YouTube?'
    +14

    "1. Step 1: clarify Let's establish the mission of Google and Youtube. Google's is to provide and make information more accessible. Youtube's might be to help people get their content, their word and themselves out into the world. I mean so many of Youtube's ads have been about how the diversity of individuals and their content, so that makes sense. Let's establish what is Youtube. Youtube has 3 primary stakeholders - creators, viewers and brands/corporations and within them"

    Karthik M. - "1. Step 1: clarify Let's establish the mission of Google and Youtube. Google's is to provide and make information more accessible. Youtube's might be to help people get their content, their word and themselves out into the world. I mean so many of Youtube's ads have been about how the diversity of individuals and their content, so that makes sense. Let's establish what is Youtube. Youtube has 3 primary stakeholders - creators, viewers and brands/corporations and within them"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • "Clarify understanding of the problem space. What does success look like? How is it measured? Platform specific? Market specific? Time period? Business goals? Then perform a funnel analysis to understand user journey and look for problems or opportunities. Choose a user segment to focus on. Identify different user segments and prioritise one. Summarise the goal of the user and the friction point. Brainstorm solutions. Come up with a number of rough solutions. Balance the business n"

    Alice S. - "Clarify understanding of the problem space. What does success look like? How is it measured? Platform specific? Market specific? Time period? Business goals? Then perform a funnel analysis to understand user journey and look for problems or opportunities. Choose a user segment to focus on. Identify different user segments and prioritise one. Summarise the goal of the user and the friction point. Brainstorm solutions. Come up with a number of rough solutions. Balance the business n"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "Request inputs/feedback on my response below with regards to this question and ways to improve and if it looks apt for this question. As a TPM at xxx, I was responsible for delivering a feature that would provide prescription (medications) alternatives to users in the Prescription Shopping Consumer Experience App. The project had a tight deadline as it was something that our account management team promised to a client who wanted it for their employees. My goal was to ensure smooth development"

    Pavani B. - "Request inputs/feedback on my response below with regards to this question and ways to improve and if it looks apt for this question. As a TPM at xxx, I was responsible for delivering a feature that would provide prescription (medications) alternatives to users in the Prescription Shopping Consumer Experience App. The project had a tight deadline as it was something that our account management team promised to a client who wanted it for their employees. My goal was to ensure smooth development"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    +4

    "One of the biggest risks I have taken was in a recent product, where we developed a new feature and released the feature externally without QA sign-off. Feature - Interactive Travel Itinerary Maps We had about ten days from the time we decided to include this new feature in the external launch. Usually, the biggest chunk of time in each release cycle was the sign-off from an external QA team. We fast-tracked the dev effort and completed the development of the feature in five days. Unfortunately,"

    R S. - "One of the biggest risks I have taken was in a recent product, where we developed a new feature and released the feature externally without QA sign-off. Feature - Interactive Travel Itinerary Maps We had about ten days from the time we decided to include this new feature in the external launch. Usually, the biggest chunk of time in each release cycle was the sign-off from an external QA team. We fast-tracked the dev effort and completed the development of the feature in five days. Unfortunately,"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    +9

    "I learned that people and teams build great products, not processes and job descriptions. The quality of the teamwork will directly reflect in the quality of the product. My biggest failure as a product manager was failing to build a foundation of teamwork before starting a project with a new cross-functional team. As the PM of a new product, I like to get my engineers involved early and often in the design process, but tight schedules with an even tighter resources made the tension and st"

    Issac K. - "I learned that people and teams build great products, not processes and job descriptions. The quality of the teamwork will directly reflect in the quality of the product. My biggest failure as a product manager was failing to build a foundation of teamwork before starting a project with a new cross-functional team. As the PM of a new product, I like to get my engineers involved early and often in the design process, but tight schedules with an even tighter resources made the tension and st"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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